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vh Arthur Ogami Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-154-13)

Jobs in Manzanar: working in the freight office, then leaving camp to top sugar beets in Montana

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-154-13/

Collection K. Ross Toole Archives, University of Montana at Missoula (ddr-densho-44)

The collection of the K. Ross Toole Archives, University of Montana, contains photographs of the Department of Justice internment camp at Fort Missoula, Montana.

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vh Tad Sato Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-82-11)

Going to work on a railroad gang in Montana

Due to technical difficulties, this interview has audio problems in its second half.

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img Portrait of Chiyono Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-15)

Portrait of Chiyono (Makio) Isoshima sitting in a kimono. Caption below the photo is "Chiyono" in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister Fuki 1927 White Fish, Montana" in printed …

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doc Deportation tag (ddr-densho-25-32)

Matahichi Iseri received this deportation tag when he was sent to Fort Missoula, Montana, a Department of Justice internment camp for enemy aliens.

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doc Turlock TAC No. 3 (June 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-198-3)

Selected article title: "Sanitation Committee" (p. 1), "Commencement a Success" (p. 1), "Population Decreases" (p. 1), "Beet Workers Leave Center for Montana" (p. 6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-198-3/

img Chiyono (Makio) Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-14)

Portrait of Chiyono (Makio) Isoshima wearing a coat with a fur collar. Caption below the photo is "Takeo's Mother Chiyono" written in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister Fuki …

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img Sisters Chizu and Fuki Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-16)

Portrait of sisters Chizu (Isoshima) Morita (left) and Fuki (Isoshima) Kawada (right). Caption below the photo is "Sister's Chizu & Fuki" written in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister …

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doc Turlock TAC No. 4 (June 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-198-4)

Selected article title: "Selective Service Registration Here on June 30" (p. 1), "Activities at the Interior Security Office" (p. 1), "Letter from Montana" (p. 8).

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img Fusata Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-13)

Photograph of a Fusata Isoshima standing in front of a tall bush. Caption below the photo is "Takeo's Father Fusata (1921)" written in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister …

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img Portrait of Takeo Isoshima and Waki Makio (ddr-densho-477-12)

Portrait of Takeo Isoshima (left) with his grandmother Waki Makio (right). Caption below the photo is "Takeo his Grandmother Waki Makio" written in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister …

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U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Washington Memorandum for Alien Enemy Information Bureau Office of the Provost Marshal General War Department, Washington, D.C. (ddr-one-5-164)

doc U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Washington Memorandum for Alien Enemy Information Bureau Office of the Provost Marshal General War Department, Washington, D.C. (ddr-one-5-164)

Photocopy of a declassified memorandum changing the status of Keizaburo Koyama as a detained enemy alien at Fort Missoula, Montana to being interned at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-164/

doc Issei man's letter envelopes (ddr-densho-25-84)

These envelopes contained letters written by Matahichi Iseri to his family while he was imprisoned in Fort Missoula, Montana, a Department of Justice internment camp for "enemy aliens."

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doc Unused postcard (ddr-one-5-80)

Unused commercially produced postcard; front is a color rendering of the Court House in Missoula, Montana. The back has 1 cent postage, but nothing written and no postmark.

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doc Poston Press Bulletin Vol. IV No. 35 (October 6, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-126)

Selected article titles: "Queen Pre-View Ball to Be Held Next Friday at Poston Aud." (p. 1), "185-210 More Volunteer Sugar Beet Workers Wanted in Montana, Colo." (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-145-126/

doc Note detailing Keizaburo Koyama's detention location and time (ddr-one-5-95)

Photocopy of a declassified document on Keizaburo Koyama noting that he has moved from the Seattle Washington Immigration Station to Fort Missoula, Montana on December 28, 1941 at 8:00 AM.

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Narrator Roy Nakagawa

Nisei male. Born December 28, 1916, in Missoula, Montana. Spent early part of childhood in Montana, where parents ran a farm. Moved with family to Seattle, Washington, finished school, and attended the University of Washington. Moved to the Los Angeles area for work. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/591/

doc Letter written by an Issei man to his family (ddr-densho-25-26)

While he was at Fort Missoula, Montana, a Department of Justice internment camp for enemy aliens, Matahichi Iseri wrote to his wife and children, who were still awaiting a relocation assignment from the WRA.

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doc Stockon El Joaquin Vol. III No. 6 (September 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-196-30)

Selected article titles: "Court of Honor. Brush the Magician, Many Guests to Appear" (p. 1), "33 to Leave. Montana Bound" (p. 1), "Army Inspection Completed Smoothly" (p. 1), "Editorial: The Real American Way" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-196-30/

doc Statement regarding transfer out of Ft. Missoula, Montana, and poem card (ddr-csujad-55-1349)

Scrapbook page containing Clark's reflections on being transferred from her position at Fort Missoula. Includes a poem, "Out Where the West Begins" by Arthur Chapman. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 20. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1351

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1349/

vh Rae Takekawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-89)

Sansei female. Born August 27, 1927, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on the family farm in Bellevue, Washington, prior to World War II. Was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released early to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana. At the onset of World War II, her father was …

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img St. Marie's Laundry in St. Marie, Idaho (ddr-densho-477-17)

Photograph of a storefront with two people standing in front of it. The sign on a pole in front of the store reads "ST MARIES HAND LAUNDRY". The caption below the image reads "St. Marie's laundry in St. Marie Idaho operated by Takeo's parent" in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister …

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Narrator Rae Takekawa

Sansei female. Born August 27, 1927, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on the family farm in Bellevue, Washington, prior to World War II. Was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released early to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana. At the onset of World War II, her father was …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/89/

doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 27 (July 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-135)

Selected article titles: "Friends Group Shifts Policy, Stresses Housing" (p. 1), "Delay Reunion With Internees" (p. 1), "Editorial: The Dies Committee, Again" (p. 4), "Evacuees 'Sell Themselves' in Montana" (p. 5), "Ample Food Supply Here is Assured" (p. 8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-97-135/

doc Postcard featuring aerial view of Heart Mountain camp (ddr-densho-362-23)

Overhead aerial look of Heart Mountain buildings. The postcard is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Konishi at 12-11 Heart Mountain Wyoming. The postcard was delivered from Missoula, Montana dated August 29, 1943. The greeting is handwritten in Japanese.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-362-23/

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